Sunflower Seeds

Today I am sharing a bright and fun fall card featuring products from Stamp Simply! Earlier this summer the Vintage Seed Packet was released, and I absolutely love the style. Today I paired it with the Sunflower Season stamp set.

I created my background first, using Spiced Marmalade and Dried Marigold Distress Oxide Inks. I added a few water droplets and sprays, and then stamped the Seed Packet with VersaFine Clair Nocturne. I then heat set the ink by embossing it with Clear Embossing Powder. I then masked the outside of the oval and stamped the sunflower, using the same embossing technique. I added a few color highlights with alcohol markers to have a very faint bit of sunshine on the petals and green leaves. I cut the sunflower word from another piece of the DOX cardstock I had inked and cut it out with the coordinating die. I distressed the edges of both the main panel and the underlying brick paper, then added gold metallic string and a little bee charm. I love the rich colors!

Here are the supplies I used from Stamp Simply:

Vintage Seed Packet

Sunflower Season Bundle

Craft Consortium Brick Texture 6x6

VersaFine Clair Nocturne Ink

Thanks for stopping by today!

Freshly Made Sketches #653

Welcome to a new Freshly Made Sketches week! Today our sketch hostess is Kim, and she has a FUN sketch for you to try. I wonder if you can tell what the main focus is by looking at my card:

It’s the sentiment (Hero Arts)! And of course there is room for other things- like some pretty papers from Echo Park and a Postal Cover Plate from Reverse Confetti. I love huge sentiments and this was a lot of fun to make. 

Our challenge is open until Monday, September 16, at 3 PM EDT, so jump into the gallery before then so we can see your sentiment focus!

Take a look at what my friends have made on the FMS Blog today - a lot of amazing ideas to inspire you! Thanks for stopping by! 

Grateful Heart

I love making fall cards! This week for Stamp Simply, I used a favorite set: Floral Clusters - Fall Flowers. I love that there are four sets in the Floral Clusters series - and ONE DIE cuts them all! 

I stamped my floral image with VersaFine Clair Nocturne, and then embossed with Clear Embossing Powder so I could color the image with Copic markers. I used the Welcome Autumn 6x6 paper from Carta Bella - a perfect green gingham and rust red to match the colors. Sweet Pea rhinestones added some fun bling. The sentiment is from the Farmhouse Simple Sentiments set.

You can find out more about the products I used on the Stamp Simply Blog!

Stamp Simply Supplies:

Floral Cluster - Fall Flowers 

Floral Cluster Single Die

Farmhouse Simple Sentiments 

Kaisercraft Split Pea Rhinestones

VersaFine Clair Nocturne 

Carta Bella Welcome Autumn 6x6

Other Supplies:
liquid glue

foam tape

paper doily

white, kraft cardstock

clear embossing powder

alcohol markers

Happy September and Happy "Fall"!

While it's not "officially" fall yet, September 1 is always fall to me. So today I am sharing a "sort of" clean and simple fall card using products from Stamp Simply. AND -- because it's Labor Day Weekend, there is a GREAT storewide 20% off sale going on through 9/3 (see below)!

I absolutely adore the Eucalyptus Silhouettes stamp and die set. While it's not a set you would generally use for autumn, I wanted to show how you can use sets in other ways to stretch your supplies. 

I inked the leaves with various dye inks, spritzed the inked stamp with water, and then stamped on watercolor paper. I used a water pen to spread the ink around for a textured watercolor look.

I cut them out with the coordinating dies. I cut some of the Twigs (Vintage Ovals and Twigs) out using Copper cardstock. The card base was splattered with Copper and Gold paint before assembling. 

You can see more about the products I used on the Stamp Simply Blog today! Happy September! Happy Fall!

Stamp Simply Supplies:

Eucalyptus Silhouettes

Vintage Ovals & Twigs

Distress Watercolor Paper

Metallic Copper Cardstock

Kaisercraft Rhinestones

VersaFine Clair Nocturne (sentiment)

Tim Holtz Tag Collection (similar)

Other Supplies:

Natural Burlap String

Ivory, Dark Green Cardstock

Gold & Copper Metallic Watercolor Paint

liquid glue
foam tape